Gateway High School
1430 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA 94115View on map
- Public
- San Francisco
- 120 seniors
- 475 students
Gateway High School is a public high school in San Francisco (San Francisco Unified) with 120 seniors. In fall 2025, 72% of its 69 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 77%. Its students applied most often to UC Berkeley (Cal), UC Davis (UCD), and UC Los Angeles (UCLA). 100% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
72%
50 of 69 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
42%
50 of 120 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
57%
69 of 120 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
12%
5 of 43 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
11%
5 of 47 applicants, fall 2025
Campus by campus, fall 2025
The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.
University of California
Gateway High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 3 of 8 campuses, about the same at 3 and worse at 2.
- Los AngelesAbout the same
12%
5 of 43 admitted
This school12%All CA10%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.98)
- BerkeleyAbout the same
11%
5 of 47 admitted
This school11%All CA13%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.96)
- San Diego4 pts lower
21%
8 of 39 admitted
This school21%All CA25%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.89)
- Santa Barbara11 pts lower
21%
9 of 42 admitted
This school21%All CA32%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.27 (all applicants 3.84)
- Davis6 pts higher
43%
20 of 46 admitted
This school43%All CA37%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.95)
- Santa CruzAbout the same
69%
29 of 42 admitted
This school69%All CA71%
Admitted students' average GPA 4.04 (all applicants 3.85)
- Riverside13 pts higher
100%
15 of 15 admitted
This school100%All CA87%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.95)
- Merced4 pts higher
100%
20 of 20 admitted
This school100%All CA96%
Admitted students' average GPA 3.86 (all applicants 3.86)
too few applicants to report28 applied
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).
California State University
Gateway High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.
- San Luis Obispo5 pts lower
25%
7 of 28 admitted
This school25%Overall30%
- San Diego5 pts higher
40%
19 of 48 admitted
This school40%Overall34%
- San JoseAbout the same
80%
28 of 35 admitted
This school80%Overall80%
- Chico14 pts lower
80%
8 of 10 admitted
This school80%Overall94%
- San FranciscoAbout the same
95%
57 of 60 admitted
This school95%Overall96%
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.
Where graduates go
Class of 2023 (118 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
78%
92 of 118 graduates
UC or CSU
42%
50 graduates
Community college
21%
25 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 22 | 19% |
| CSU | 28 | 24% |
| CA private college | 6 | 5% |
| Out of state | 11 | 9% |
| Community college | 25 | 21% |
| Not enrolled | 26 | 22% |
| Enrolled in college | 92 | 78% |
| Total | 118 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Male, Female
- Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Black or African American, White
- Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
Where graduates went, as reported by the school
Schools publish these themselves and count different things; each list says what it counts.
Undated list: graduates attended 5 top universities, 85 colleges in all.
Including Northeastern University, New York University and Emory University.
From the school's matriculation list; last checked Sep 2026.
The full list with counts, and earlier classes, is in the full report.
See the full reportAdvanced Placement
9
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
15
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
47% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
66%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
79 of 119 graduates
A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.
2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
25%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
31 of 123 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- Computer science: 1 class
- English: 2 classes
- Foreign language: 3 classes
- Mathematics: 1 class
- Science: 6 classes
- Social science: 2 classes
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.
- Juniors meeting the English standard 64%County median 45%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 25%County median 17%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 21%County median 16%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 10%County median 6%
- Low-income students 52%County median 66%
- Graduates completing courses 100%County median 66%